golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
to be consistent; to be coherent
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
source (e.g. quotation); authority
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos
like water; like it grows on trees
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
having a crush on someone
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
marriage proposal; courtship
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.